Assessing Options to Increase Climate Support

Abstract

This series is designed to make available to a wider readership selected papers on climate change issues that have been prepared for the OECD/IEA Climate Change Expert Group (CCXG). The CCXG (formerly called the Annex I Expert Group) is a group of government delegates from OECD and other industrialised countries. The aim of the group is to promote dialogue and enhance understanding on technical issues in the international climate change negotiations. CCXG papers are developed in consultation with experts from a wide range of developed and developing countries, including those participating in CCXG Global Forums. The full papers are generally available only in English. The opinions expressed in these papers are the sole responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the OECD, the IEA or their member countries, or the endorsement of any approach described herein. Comments on the series are welcome, and should be sent to:

Reporting on capacity-building and technology support under the Paris Agreement

“…Reporting "where feasible" of activities including title and description, purpose, recipient country, sector, total funding, and success and failures, using Table 6 Capacity-building Annex II Parties shall provide "to the extent possible" information on provision of capacitybuilding support responding to existing and emerging capacity-building needs Annex II Parties shall report steps taken to support development and enhancement of endogenous capacities of developing countries Reporting "to the extent possible" under CTF Table 9 on recipient country, target area of mitigation, adaptation and technology development and transfer, and programme or project title and description Source: Adapted from (Ellis and Moarif, 2015 [2] ).…”

“…2015 [2] ). In their second BRs, Annex II Parties generally did not provide information on finance corresponding to capacity-building support reported, for example (UNFCCC, 2016 [9] ); this trend has by and large continued in third BRs.…”

“…In addition, CTF Tables for reporting on financial support do not require indicating whether capacity-building or technology elements are included. Clear measurement and reporting guidance, underpinned by clear definitions and methods, can help boost transparency and completeness of reporting (Ellis and Moarif, 2015 [2] ).…”

“…13.9, 13.10, 10 and 11). 2 The paper follows prior work by the Climate Change Expert Group (CCXG) on other aspects of the ETF, including reporting related to national inventory reports, tracking progress with nationally determined contributions, and finance provided, needed and received (see for example (Vallejo, Moarif and Halimanjaya, 2017 [1] ; Ellis and Moarif, 2015 [2] )).…”

“…To date, reporting guidance has been less specific when dealing with information to be reported voluntarily. 3 Improved reporting of capacity-building and technology transfer could have significant benefits for developing countries at the national level, for example by ensuring that appropriate support is targeted to priority actions, and by facilitating the planning, implementation and monitoring of domestic measures (Ellis and Moarif, 2015 [2] ; Briner and Moarif, 2017 [3] ). 4 The potential benefits of enhanced transparency and improved reporting need to be balanced with avoiding placing an undue reporting burden on Parties and the need to recognise Parties' different capacities, explicitly acknowledged in the Paris Agreement (Art.…”